FT 6a-6p Certified Nurses Aide

Campbell Street•Granger, IA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Nurses Aide (CNA) provides residents with high-quality routine direct care in activities of daily living under the supervision of an LPN or RN. Care is delivered according to each resident’s Plan of Care, Nursing Assistant Program standards, the Resident’s Bill of Rights, and the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program. The CNA uses basic nursing, personal care, and restorative skills while attending to residents’ mental health and social service needs, including the needs of residents with cognitive impairments. As part of the interdisciplinary care team, the CNA promotes resident independence, autonomous decision-making, dignity, and the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. The role includes providing and documenting care, communicating resident needs and changes to nursing staff, maintaining a safe and clean environment, following infection-control and privacy requirements, and working cooperatively with residents, families, visitors, and care-team members.

Requirements

Completion of a state-approved Nursing Assistant Program for the state in which the facility operates.
Current certification and listing on the state Registry.
Ability to welcome constructive feedback, course-correct, and not take feedback personally.
Personability and ability to build trust and get along with residents, staff, and families with varied personalities.
Ability to actively listen with the goal of understanding.
Ability to clearly speak, read, write, and understand English.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a skilled nursing and/or assisted living community.

Responsibilities

Provide resident-centered routine care in accordance with the resident’s Plan of Care and applicable standards.
Uphold residents’ rights and promptly report suspected or witnessed abuse, mistreatment, neglect, or misappropriation of property.
Perform directed nursing care, including taking and recording vital signs, measuring and recording height and weight, identifying abnormal changes, and reporting them to an LPN or RN.
Provide personal care, including bathing, grooming, mouth care, dressing, toileting, eating and hydration assistance, skin care, transfers, positioning, and turning.
Support residents’ nutrition and hydration by assisting with dining, feeding, monitoring and recording intake and output, offering fluids, handling trays, and observing dietary restrictions and food-safety guidelines.
Provide directed restorative services, including self-care training, use of assistive devices, range-of-motion activities, positioning, bowel and bladder training, and care of prosthetic and orthotic devices.
Assist nurses with special procedures, critical care sheets, and care conferences as directed.
Monitor and document care outcomes accurately, communicate residents’ needs and changes to primary caregivers, and report responses to interventions to the LPN or RN.
Help residents participate in activities and address grievances or disputes; communicate with residents in ways that reflect their individual backgrounds, likes, and dislikes.
Maintain the security of residents’ personal possessions and interact courteously with families, visitors, and interdisciplinary care-team members.
Recognize the limits of own knowledge, skills, and experience and refer situations beyond CNA competency.
Promptly and courteously answer call lights and use proper body mechanics and safe lifting, positioning, and equipment procedures, including transfer belts and mechanical lifts.
Follow infection-control procedures, Standard Precautions, OSHA bloodborne-pathogen guidelines, handwashing practices, PPE requirements, and cleaning and disinfection schedules.
Maintain a safe and clean resident and facility environment and handle infectious linens and equipment or waste appropriately.
Avoid the use of restraints in accordance with DHS nursing home standards.
Complete and secure resident documentation in accordance with state and federal regulations, including HIPAA; promptly report and document incidents and errors.
Prioritize assignments according to staffing and resident acuity, review departing staff reports at the start of the shift, complete assigned duties before the shift ends, and report off to the nurse when leaving.